Smoking while pregnant: are the problems due to low vitamin D

There was no mention of vitamin D in the CBS news item

From Smoking when pregnant may lead to behavior problems in kids CBS News July 2013

Highlights: Smoking Increases

• Miscarriage (known to be associated with low vitamin D)

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (known to be associated with low vitamin D)

• mental health problems for children: ADHD, autism (known to be associated with low vitamin D)

• premature birth, (known to be associated with low vitamin D)

• cleft lip or palate (excess vitamin A or lack of folic)

See also Vitamin D Life

• Neonates were 288 gram (0.6 lbs) heavier if mother stopped smoking while pregnant – Oct 2016

• 75 percent of unexplained sudden infant deaths had inadequate level of vitamin D – April 2013

• Recurrent pre term birth and low vitamin D – Dec 2012

• How 60 ng of vitamin D enabled pregnancy - a personal story many miscarriages before

• Twins, no tan, winter, and smoking all associated with low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy – Jan 2013

  • Thus, would suspect that previously having twins would also increase SIDS, ADHD, autism, etc

• Pre-term birth 3X more likely and C-section 4X if less than 20 ng of vitamin D – May 2012

• Low vitamin D in pregnancy and 2X worse language skills later – Feb 2012

• Smoking reduces vitamin D - many studies 20+ studies

• Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies

  • Suspect there are more problems of smoking while pregnant for dark skinned mothers

• Miscarriage in first trimester 2.5X more likely if less than 20 ng of vitamin D – July 2015

  Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

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See also web

• CDC on Pregnancy and Smoking

• Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Offspring Conduct Problems July 2013

• Maternal Smoking and Conduct Disorder in the Offspring Editorial in same issue

• Vitamin D link to MC somewhat explained BabyCenter Feb 2011